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Named after T.L. Norton, a favorite roadmaster on the railroad building crew, historians say that he used to park his railroad car on the hill at a siding and the term 'Norton's Place' become popular among the workers, thus creating the name of Nortonville. As the railroad began to work its way through, the first settler was named John Taggart and he arrived in May 1873. With a small stock of goods and an intent to open a store, John Taggart built and opened the first building, functioned as the first postmaster and railroad depot agent, and watched the town prosper, not as a growing town, but as a growing farm community. Interesting history for a small town in the middle of Northeast Kansas.